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J. TIGKLE 8; F. LEONARDT.

FILLING AND GOMPRESSING MACHINERY. No. 328,439. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

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J. TIGKLE & F. LEONARDT.

FILLING AND GOMPRESSING MACHINERY. No. 328,439. Patented Oct. 13, 1885.

0 e e S e S 0 5 h F I 0-.2- i h 0 e 9 g 9 9 O s e e F 9 e N. PETERS. PMWWI-ignphur. Wahingion. D Iv UNITED STATES PATENT O FICE- JOHN TIOKLE, OF VEST BBOMWIOH,.AND FREDERIOK LEONARDT, OF

HANDSWVORTH, COUNTY OF STAFFORD, ASSIGNORSTO EDWVARD CAD- DIGK, OF (VEST BROMYVIOH, \VILLIAM OREED, OF STROUD, AND AR- NOLD THOMAS, OF NEVNHAM, ENGLAND. V I

FILLING AND COMPRESSING MACHINERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,439, dated October 13, 1885.

Application filed February 17, 1885. Serial No. 156,194. (No modelJ, Patented in England May 15, 1881, No. 7,743; in France January 252, 1835, No. 166.593, and in Belgium January 26, 1885, No. 67,655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN TIOKLE, of West Bromwich, in the county of Stafford, England, mechanical engineer and iron-founder, and FREDERICK LEONARDT, of Handsworth, in the county of Stafford, England, merchant, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain, have invented new or Improved Filling and Compressing Machinery to be Used in the Making Up of Packets of Powdered Material and other Commodities for Sale, (for which we have made application for Letters Patent in Great Britain on the th day of May, 1884, No. 7,743, and in France on the 22d day ofJanu- 15 ary, 1885, and in Belgium on the 26th day of January, 1885,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention consists of the construction and combination, hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, of

- the parts of hand-worked machinery for filling at one operation a series of bag-like wrappers or cases contained in a divisional mold or box with powdered materials and other commoditiessuch as sugar, flour, starch, and mealand for pressing or consolidating the material or commodity placed in the said wrappers or cases.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings 30 represents in transverse vertical section, and

Fig. 2 partly in elevation and partly-in longitudinal vertical section, with a portion in cross section, filling and compressing machinery constructed according to our invention, the parts being in position for filling the series of bags or cases in the partitioned or divided mold or box carried by the rising and vibratory platform; Fig. 3, in transverse section, the vibratory and rising platform, and parts carried by it, and the stationary platform and fillingspouts detached; and Fig. 4 represents in transverse section a portion of Fig. 1, with the rammers or compressing-pistons in their lowest position and the sliding drawer brought under the hopper. In Figs. 1 and 2 the rising and vibratory platform is platform d in its raised position.

represented in its highest position, and'in Fig. 3 in its lowest position. Fig. 5 represents in plan the sliding drawer in position over the filling-spouts, and'illustrates the manner in which the lateral movement is given to the grid of the sliding drawer.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures.

c is the stationary hopper containing the powdered material with which the bags or cases are to be filled.

b is the partitioned or divided mold or box,

- open at top and bottom, in which the bags or cases 0 to be filled are placed. 6

(Z is the rising and vibratory platform on which the mold or box bis supported, the prolonged ends of the said platform working in guides d on the bed of the machine. The said platform d is raised and lowered by end 6 levers, one of which is seen in Fig. 1 and marked e, the said end levers e bein connected together by the cross-handle e. In the middle of the said handle 0 is a tooth, 0, (see Fig. 1,) which, when the levers e are moved downward, engages underneath the adjustable block 1', thereby supporting the The block 1'" is carried by the spring-lever catch 2', pressed outward by the coiled spring repre- 7 sented. By pressing the lever-catcht' inward by means of its handle t the levers e are released, and the platform (I descends to the lower position, Fig. 3. A vibratory motion is given to the platform d,f0r the purpose 8o hereinafter described, by means of the hexagonal cams d on the shaft d", worked by the hand-wheel (1 (See Fig. 2.)

f is the upper and fixed platform carryin the series of filling-spoutsft I 3 g g g is the sliding drawer for receiving the powdered material from the hopper c and transferring it to the bags or cases 0. The part of the sliding drawer is open at top, and the part is closed. (See Fig. 1.) The part 0 has at bottom a movable grid or grating, 9". When the sliding drawer, filled with pow dered material, is pulled forward by the halldle 9 a lateral movement is given to it,thereby causing the powdercontained in the part 9" to fall from it down the spouts f and fill the bags or cases a. The sliding drawer being pushed back into its orignal position, Fig. 4. 7

leaves the filling-spoutsf filled with the pow der level with the platform f. The lateral" movement of the grid is effected by its in.-,

is provided with an outer'shell, a, which, by

bearing on the drawer g, prevents thepowder escaping from the hopperatiThe-top of the shell a has fixed to it a canvas covering, a by which the said shell is connected by a flexible. connection to the hopper; (See Fig. 1.)

Said coveringot prevents the escape of dust.

h h is a series of rammers or compressingpistons working in vertical slides h. Thesaid rammers are made to descend through the filling-spouts f by means of the leversh h and connecting-rods h h, thesaid levers being provided with counterbalance weights k h, for returning the rammers, when released, to their raised or original positions.- The levers h 11 are operated by-the-handle h, connecting themtogether. The-spring-lever catch '6, be-' sides being used for sustaining: thevibratory also used for adjusting or regulating the height to which the said platform can belifted to allow-of the varying densities of themate rialto be measured, so as therebytoinsu-re a uniform weight being fed tothe bagsor'cases c.v This is effected-by raising or lowering: the

adjustable block by the regulati-ng-screw't'fl, 1

working on the screwed topof the-lever-catclr t, the said block '6 being connected by a finger with the neck of the: regulatingscrewd,as represented. V

v Themachine-is'used and the filling: of the rags-or cases, and. the-:compressing'of the-ma terial in the said bags; or caseseffected-1inrthe following manner: The partitioned or divided mold or box b, containing the bagelikecases or wrappers 0,,having-beenplacedon the platform. d-,,the said platformis raised intothe positionrepresented in Eig-s. 1 and 2-by depres's ing thehandle-efland the-mouths or'openie'nds of thebags 0 are-thereby madeto pasaouto' thefilling-spouts fflc'arried byfthe fixed plat form f. As the-handle e 'is depressed the tooth e on it first presses inward thespring catch- 2, and whenthe platform has reached the required height the-adj ustable block i?- snaps upouthesaid tooth e and thereby supports ing-drawer g 9 yr, with the part filledwitlr the powdered material from;the hopper a,- is

next pulled forwardby. its handle-g intothe weighted levers h h ,positionrepresented in Fig. 1, so as to bring Fthe said part 9 over the filling-spouts f the forward movement of the said drawer causing a lateral movement in the grid The powder in the part 9 is thereby made to fall down the spouts f and fill the bags or cases a. The

"slidingd'rawer is next pushed back into the position represented in Fig. 4, thus leaving the fi-llingspouts f filled with the powdered material to the level of the platform f. By now turning the hand-wheeld a vibratory or shaking motion is given to the platform 11 by the action of the cams d on the shaft d,'"and the powder in the spouts is thus made to fall into the bags 0. The pushing back of the drawer having removed it from over the filling-spouts f the ra'mmers or" compressingp-i'stons'h' hare'nextbrought down by operating upon the handle h. The said rammers pass through the filling-spouts f, and press upon and consolidate the powdered material in the bags, as illustrated in Fig. 4. O-n'loosing: the handle h the rammers are raised to their normal positions by the action of the- 'Ihelevers e are next released from thespring-catchleveriby pressing inward the handle 1;, andthe platform (1 descends by its own weight to the position represented'in Fig. 3, and themold containing the filledbags' or cases is passed to the 1 machine for creasing orfold-ing the open ends of the bags or cases and for protectingthe .shape of the closed packets. and rising platform d at the required height, 1

While'we have specifically mentioned-sugar,

-,flour, starch, and meal as'the materials to'be placed in bags, it will be obvious that our invention is useful in making up packagesof an y powdered substancesa Having now described the-nature of ou-r in- ,v'ention-and the manner in which the sameis ftebeperformed, we claim 1 1. The'com-bination of therising. and=falling-platform d, the divided mold b, supported fithereby the fixed platform f, having; pendent spoutsf, the shaft d carrying cams dkfor iirnpartingmotion to pl'atformd, the levers 6,

connected together by handle 6 toraise and ]o-wer-s'aidplatform, and the spring-actuated Eleven-catch 12, carrying blocks 2', substantially .as described.-

2;. i The combination-,witlr therising and fallsing and vibratory platformjd cl d d aud fixed -,fi1lingsp0u-t platform f of the horizontal slidirrgidrawer g g? g and laterally moving; :ggrid-or grating. g of the said drawer, for re- ;icei-vin'g fthe-powdered material or commodity from thefixedhoppera and conveying" it over f-the fillinge-spoutsof the fixed platform-,the -;several parts being: constructed; arranged,andg,workingmubstantially as described and illustra-ted the-platform in-its raised position: Th'ei'slid-- q 3: The-.combinati0n1 of the moldb, the fixed platform f, .-havin-g='-pendent spout-f tires-lid- Zing drawer 97, havinggrating gt, the hop- :pen a,-'.the guides h, the plungers h, moving therein, the weighted levers h and the Weight of material being fed to the bags or jointed rods if, connecting levers k and plunoases. gers h, substantially as and for the purposes described JOHN TIOKLE. [L.s.] 5 4. The combination of the parts 0% i i for FREDERICK LEONARDT' supporting the movable platform (1 and for \Nitnesses:

adjusting the height to which the said plat- GEORGE SHAW,

form shall be lifted for insuring a uniform RICHARD SKERRETT. 

